Burns & Levinson represented Harvard Bioscience, Inc. in its approximately $70 million acquisition of Data Sciences International, Inc. (DSI). The deal, which was announced on January 22, 2018, closed on January 31, 2018. Simultaneously, Burns represented Harvard Bioscience in its sale of its wholly-owned...

QuisLex, a leading legal services provider, has been selected to collaborate with the ACC Legal Operations in the development of the eDiscovery & Litigation Management Toolkit, one of 14 toolkits that are part of the recently launched ACC Legal Operations Maturity Model, Toolkit and Webinar Series. The eDiscovery & Litigation Management Toolkit...

As part of its ongoing policy work at the local, state and federal levels, the New York City Bar Association has released its 2018 New York State Legislative Agenda. This agenda represents only a portion of the dozens of positions generated by City Bar committees over the course of each legislative session.

Upon the recommendation of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas has appointed Jones Day partner Mark Rasmussen as receiver to manage the assets of a firm facing alleged securities laws violations related to an Initial Coin Offering (ICO); Jones Day will serve as...

FTI Consulting, Inc. announced its Technology segment has teamed with Hogan Lovells to launch a combined offering for contract intelligence and other data governance solutions. Through the arrangement, FTI Technology and Hogan Lovells will collaborate to provide technical and legal expertise for the collection, review and analysis...

Anderson Kill has launched a Blockchain and Virtual Currency Group to counsel businesses involved in these emerging technologies across the full spectrum of their legal needs, including litigation, tax, intellectual property, corporate/transactional, insurance coverage and employment law.

FTI Consulting, Inc. announced the launch of readiness services to help companies prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in May 2018.
For companies with employee or customer data for European citizens, FTI Consulting can help with the practical implications of GDPR, including data protection and...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was one of the most important pieces of legislation to emerge from President Roosevelt’s New Deal. To this day, the FLSA impacts more than 130 million Americans by addressing the working conditions of men, women, and child laborers. These legal cases are now fraught with cost and delay, making the courts...

McGuireWoods advised Biofrontera AG, an international biopharmaceutical company with corporate headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany, in its U.S. initial public offering of American Depositary Shares (ADSs), which began trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “BFRA” on Feb. 14.

Burns & Levinson partner Robert J. O’Regan recently won an important reversal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Cooper vs. D’Amore in a far-reaching case that answered what constitutes termination of an Individual Retirement Account (IRA).

AccessData Group, a leading provider of integrated digital forensics and e-discovery software, announced the launch of Quin-C, a pioneering new solution that supports and guides the unique workflows of investigators, corporate investigative and legal teams, and forensic labs of all sizes.

AccessData Group, a leading provider of integrated digital forensics and e-discovery software, last year released new versions of its suite of digital forensics software tools that feature seamless integration with the Project VIC database.

McGuireWoods served as legal adviser to Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D) in a stock-for-stock merger with SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG) to create a combined company serving 6.5 million electric and natural gas distribution customers and operating in 18 states from Connecticut to California. The value of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory and...

Fish & Richardson announced on Wednesday, August 16th, that the firm has launched a partnership with Milk Stork to provide a breast milk delivery service for nursing mothers employed by the firm who are traveling on business. Through Milk Stork, mothers have access to no-fuss, refrigerated, express shipping or easy toting of breast milk...

Minority and women attorneys have made notable gains in leadership bodies of New York City law firms, but attrition and erosion in the associate pipeline continue to impede progress, concludes a report from the New York City Bar Association released on November 6.

Fish & Richardson won a major jury verdict for Velcro Companies in the Middle District of Georgia on November 17, 2017 that capped four years of patent litigation against YKK Corp., the company’s primary rival in the transportation and automotive segment of the hook and loop fastener business. The jury delivered a complete defense...

On September 18, 2017, following a two-year review, Weil obtained FTC approval for Walgreens Boots Alliance’s acquisition of almost 2,000 Rite Aid stores. The original deal was to acquire all of Rite Aid for slightly more than $17 billion. After some creative deal-making and an incredible amount of advocacy, the FTC approved a deal that permitted...

Toshiba Corporation’s Board of Directors, as announced on September 20, has approved the sale of all shares of Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba, to K.K. Pangea, a special purpose acquisition company formed and controlled by a Bain Capital Private Equity, LP-led consortium. Akin Gump advised Kingston Technology, a...

Fish & Richardson announced that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a $932,000 attorneys’ fees award for Fish’s client Bed Bath & Beyond in a patent dispute with Inventor Holdings LLC. On December 8, 2017 the Federal Circuit held that the trial court was correct when it found that Inventor Holdings had pursued a...

UnitedLex, a global provider of technology-powered business, legal and cybersecurity solutions, announced that it has been selected by DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) to lead a global law function transformation.

AccessData Group has announced the launch of AD RTK™ (Risk Toolkit), a powerful new tool corporations and government agencies can use to combat problematic or sensitive data.
The tool locates potential information risks—very often, authorized data residing in unauthorized locations, such as classified information on an unclassified...